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GORDON JOSEPH NORMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 6, 1945 – December 3, 1969
Service recordGordon Joseph Norman, of Somerville, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Somerville, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1969. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 22
- JOHNNY RAY GILLINGSPrivate First Class · December 3, 1969
- ROGER LEE HUNDTSergeant · December 3, 1969
- STEPHEN DAVID LYNNSpecialist Four · December 3, 1969
- MICHAEL WAYNE PRENGELSpecialist Four · December 3, 1969
From Somerville
- THOMAS EDWARD MURRAYCorporal · December 29, 1965
- ROY JOHN HENDERSONPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- DANIEL BENJAMIN DUFFY JRCorporal · April 24, 1966
- WILLIAM DAVID HOLDENSergeant · February 16, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SHALLAHPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- CLARK ALAN MILLERSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- KENNETH LAWRENCE GREENEPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCRAEPrivate · August 9, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH MCNABBPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- JOHN DONALD KENNE MACLEANSergeant · February 4, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.